Do a little research into the basic biology, natural history, chronology of introduction, and impacts of one invasive species, with the goal of understanding the traits that allowed for a species to become a successful invader, and how such species influence native communities after they invade.

Directions for the paper:

Invasive-species:
The objective of this option is to do some exploration of a single invasive species. You  will do a little research into the basic biology, natural history, chronology of introduction,  and impacts of one invasive species, with the goal of understanding the traits that  allowed for a species to become a successful invader, and how such species influence  native communities after they invade.

A minimum of five references from the peer-reviewed, primary, scientific literature should be cited in the body of your report; you are welcome to cite additional references from edited sources such as review articles, book chapters, news reports, etc., and, these should be almost entirely scholarly in origin. At the top of the first page include your name, date and a title.  Following these identifying elements provide a short ‘Abstract’ which should be a one-paragraph  summary of the entire report; identify the abstract by placing, ‘Abstract –‘ as the start of  the first sentence of the abstract paragraph.  After the abstract then present the body of  your report (structure dependent on which of the topic options you selected); references  should be listed in a ‘Literature Cited’ section at the end of the report and expressed in  APA format (see below), APA formatting also applies to the in-text citations.  Unless  compelling circumstances arise, use third person and avoid direct quotes.  Electronic  copies of the various iterations of your report should be submitted as MS Word  documents through Blackboard by the assigned times and due dates.